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Author: Giles Sparrow Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 A beautiful showcase of Johann Doppelmayr's magnificent Atlas Coelestis that deconstructs its intricately drawn plates and explores its influential ideas. Showcasing...

Author: Giles Sparrow Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Previously published as A History of the Universe in 21 Stars. 'A delight and triumph ... A thing of beauty ......

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Top tips for space travellers! Learn how to explore your solar system in this up-close, expert guide . The Space Traveller's Guide: Space Exploration is your personal tour of what...

Join us on the most amazing voyage imaginable: travel over 13.7-billion light years and experience the awesome sights, spectacles and breathtaking scale of the cosmos.Along the way you will visit...

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Space & Astronomy Bargain Book Box Look up, then read about what you saw. Inside: the 1919 eclipse that proved Einstein right and made him famous overnight. The decades-long effort...

BEST FIRST NOVEL WINNER: Edgar Awards International Thriller Writers Awards A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker NPR The Diplomatic Courier During the Arab Spring, an American spy's...

In today's Russia, dominated by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, state intelligence officer Dominika Egorova struggles to survive in the cast-iron bureaucracy of post-Soviet intelligence. Drafted against her will to become...

A princess is chosen to fulfil the terms of an ancient treaty and finds herself travelling with an infamous monster slayer in this epic romantasy filled with legends and magical...

THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton and Jeremy Irons. Dominika Egorov, former prima ballerina, is sucked into the heart of Putin's Russia, the country she loved, as...

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From the best-selling, Edgar Award-winning author of the "terrifically good" ( The New York Times ) Red Sparrow, a compulsively readable new novel about star-crossed Russian agent Dominika Egorova and...

Rook Barkwater lives in the network of sewer-chambers beneath Undertown, the bustling main city of the Edgeworld. He dreams of becoming a librarian knight - one of those sent out...

The story of Pausanias, the general who defeated the Persians invading Greece and changed the course of history Weaving together ancient sources, Daniel Ogden tells the gripping story of the...

School is 'wet and weedy', according to Nigel Molesworth, the 'goriller of 3B', 'curse of St Custard's' and superb chronicler of fifties English life. Nothing escapes his disaffected eye and...

What if the life you're chasing isn't the one you actually want? 'Truly inspiring' - Ben Fogle 'A beautiful book' - Joe Sugg _______________ A moving travel memoir and guide...

Esteemed Pacific War historian Jeffrey Cox has produced a fast-paced and absorbing read of the crucial New Georgia phase of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign during the Pacific War. Thousands of miles...

"Morgan Rice has come up with what promises to be another brilliant series, immersing us in a fantasy of valor, honor, courage, magic and faith in your destiny. Morgan has...

In the great floating city of Sanctaphrax, blizzards howl through the streets as the Edgeworld descends into an endless winter. Quint, the son of a sky pirate, has just begun...

Be awe-inspired by Paris Living, a book that takes you on a house tour of some of the most eccentric, colourful, luxurious and unexpected dwellings in Paris. A feast of...

From New York Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree - the soaring fifth novel in the bestselling Bone Season series. 'A fabulous, epic fantasy thriller ......

Promoted To His Princess - Jackie Ashenden In bed with the playboy Prince for now, or forever? Calista is an elite soldier trained to win any battle. But what happens...

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Fleeing from the ruins of New Undertown, Rook Barkwater and his collegues - the librarian knights, Felix Lodd and his banerbear friends - must lead the excaping population to a...

A FINANCIAL TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR ' Thrilling, heartfelt, and luminous ' Vashti Hardy ' A stunning debut ' Jasbinder Bilan ' The world-building here is so seamless...

A wonderful new collection of Henry James's short stories about the relationship between art and life, edited by Michael Gorra This volume gathers seven of the very best of Henry...

A detailed account of the war-winning role that a handful of Harrier squadrons played in the Falklands War. On 5 April 1982, the British aircraft carriers Hermes and Invincible sailed...

***A BOOK CLUB PICK FROM THE QUEEN CONSORT'S READING ROOM*** Now a major film, starring Leslie Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Jason Isaacs and Lucas Bravo ' Mrs Harris is one of...

Do we really need another book on marriage? Christian and non-Christian books on husband/wife relationships are reaching near epidemic proportions. However, this book is different! The emphasis is not primarily...

A finely illustrated survey of modern dress watches that presents how this genre has evolved. It is aimed at discerning readers who love fine mechanical formal timepieces. In the world...

* SHORTLISTED FOR THE BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2026* Achieve more by doing less... At work we often feel weighed down by an excess of initiatives, meetings, training and targets. Over-enthusiastic...

I couldn't stop reading it. 5 stars - Noah, aged 9 A laugh-out-loud new adventure from Paddington star Hugh Bonneville, perfect for fans of the real-world mischief, relatable characters and...

The book titled Two-Part Harmony: A Devotional for Couples by the author Patrick M Morley. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Now in its fifth edition, Global Transfer Pricing: Principles and Practice continues to provide a straightforward and accessible introduction to this complex and increasingly important area of business taxation. It...

Welty's incisive, deeply evocative tales capture the sultry, close atmosphere of small-town life in the American Deep South First published in 1949, THE GOLDEN APPLES is an acutely observed, richly...

Is Harlow Hayes an innocent popstar or a heartless murderer? It's time to find out... I'm a global sensation adored by millions, and my star only seems to keep rising....

Riley Unlikely is the inspiring story of Riley Banks, who first traveled to Kenya at age 13, and has been back every year since bringing backpacks of school supplies and...

P-Funk keyboardist Daniel Bedrosian brings to life the recording and musical activity of Parliament-Funkadelic in 1975, an epoch-making year marked by the release of three seminal albums: Chocolate City, Let's...

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